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To: i-node who wrote (341)	11/12/2002 2:11:06 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7936

I'm painting a broad brush here out of frustration and lack of progress. I was too optimistic under Clinton that overwhelming attacks by GOP would root out some serious issues, rather than just his personal life. That only partially happened, but I still had more confidence. Now, we have secrecy as an obsession. There is an increase in unaccountable agencies and expenditures, the budget is an unmitigated disaster, and the people's information and FOIA is gutted. Basically the spooks are in charge. From hiding pres papers, to rushing legislation through Congress w/o reading it, allowing Al Queada leadership to escape to Pakistan, failure to pursue anthrax attacks, phony Ashcroft 'dirty bomb' press conference from Moscow, stonewalling any independent investigation into intel and admin failures on 9/11. That suspicion extends to financial and corp oversight - a "kinder and gentler SEC", letting Ken Lay skate, casual Rumsfeld $2 trillion "missing" from DOD, profiteering by Bush cronies, kissing enemy Saudi royals at Crawford BBQ. The tax relief bill extends to the top 10% but fails the rest, statements about supporting $400 billion senior drug bill, $4 trillion tax cut, another trillion in DOD increases, yet the same Reagan lie about a "balanced budget". And "playing dumb" is what happens when Junior gets before the media -- he takes no questions. I guess the difference is Clinton, Bush I, Carter, Reagan, Nixon, LBJ and JFK took questions, and had the presence of mind to respond.